Atlantic päätti sitten julkaista nämä julkaisemattomatkin viestit, kun senaatin kuulemisessa valan alla sanottiin, että eivät ole salassapidettäviä tietoja:
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
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"FAVORABLE. Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch.” Centcom, or Central Command, is the military’s combatant command for the Middle East. The Hegseth text continues:
- •“1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)”
- •“1345: ‘Trigger Based’ F-18 1st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME – also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9s)”
- 1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package)”
- •“1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier ‘Trigger Based’ targets)”
- •“1536 F-18 2nd Strike Starts – also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched.”
- •“MORE TO FOLLOW (per timeline)”
- •“We are currently clean on OPSEC”—that is, operational security.
- •“Godspeed to our Warriors.”
Itse ehkä ajattelisin, että näiden tietojen meneminen Venäjälle, Iranille ja hutheille ehkä olisi pahasta ja vaarantaisi amerikkalaisten hengen, mutta ehkä ei sitten.